Center for the Study of Democracy
Organisational unit: Institute
Organisation profile
The interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Democracy was founded on 2 June 2004 on the recommendation of the Scientific Commission of Lower Saxony under the chairmanship of Professor Dr. Hans Dieter Klingemann. Founding Director and Head of the CSD from 2004 to 2018 was Professor Dr. Ferdinand Müller-Rommel.
The Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) brings together the research activities of the members of the Institute for Political Science (IPW) under one roof. The Center is primarily concerned with the analysis of democratic orders and processes. The research activities can be divided into three core areas:
- The institutional, ideational and material foundations of democratic orders;
- The drivers of political change in these orders;
- And the impact of democratic policymaking on society, economy and the environment.
The Centre is also actively involved in promoting young scientists and fosters the international and regional networking of research institutions devoted to the study of democracy.
Main research areas
The activities of the CSD include:
- Implementing research projects on the three core topics: foundations, transformation, and impact of democracy
- Organization of international conferences and workshops on current issues of democracy research
- Collection and coordination of international data sets, especially the World Values Survey, the Comparative Political Data Set, and the database on Central and Eastern European Political Systems and Governments
- Promotion of research in the form of doctoral and post-doctoral scholarships at the Center
- Hosting regular guest lectures by internationally renowned scientists and early career researchers
- Active scientific promotion of young talent in the form of regular doctoral seminars on theories and methods of democracy research as well as in the form of summer schools for doctorate students and inter-university graduate networks
- Establishing contacts between science and practice
Teaching
- PHD-Summerschool
- Politikberatung
- 2016
Autoren-Workshop
Welzel, C. (Organiser)
17.05.2016 → 19.05.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Interactions between social movements and international organisations
Wienkoop, N.-K. (Participant)
06.05.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
'Wo das Sprechen aufhört, hört die Politik auf' (Hannah Arendt) - zur politischen Rhetorik in Zeiten der AfD, Pegidas & Co.
Oeftering, T. (Lecturer)
25.04.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Annual Convention of the International Studies Association - ISA 2016
van Hüllen, V. (presenter)
17.03.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Der „fachdidaktische Code“ der Lebenswelt- und/oder (?) Situationsorientierung in der fachdidaktischen Diskussion der sozialwissenschaftlichen Unterrichtsfächer sowie des Lernfeldkonzepts
Oeftering, T. (Organiser)
07.03.2016 → 08.03.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Workshop, International Academy Berlin: Qualitative Content Analysis
Wach, L. (Participant)
03.03.2016 → 04.03.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Landesgeschichte und Landespolitik – Anmerkungen zur Frage nach den „Quellen guter Landespolitik“ aus politikwissenschaftlicher Perspektive
Saretzki, T. (Panel participant)
26.02.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Public Lecture & Kick-Off-Meeting of the Working Group “Movements & Institutions”
Wienkoop, N.-K. (Organiser)
26.02.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Einwanderungsland Europa - Was kann politische Bildung?
Oeftering, T. (Panel participant)
23.02.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Leuphana Konferenzwoche 2016
Oeftering, T. (Speaker)
23.02.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
POLITIKUM - Analysen, Kontroversen, Bildung: Vierteljahreszeitschrift des Wochenschau Verlags
Reiser, M. (Consultant)
2016 → 2019Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
- 2015
Re-Reading Risse - 2015
van Hüllen, V. (Participant)
18.12.2015 → 19.12.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Designed to fail?: Regional human rights institutions in the Middle East and North Africa and the 'Arab Spring'
van Hüllen, V. (Oral presentation)
25.11.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
5th International Annual Conference Laboratory for Comparative Social Research - LCSR 2015
Kruse, S. (Speaker)
16.11.2015 → 20.11.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
LCSR International Annual Research Conference 2015
Kronfeldt, M. (Participant)
16.11.2015 → 20.11.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tagung der Sektion Land- und Agrarsoziologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie - DGS 2015
Seha, E. M. (Speaker)
06.11.2015 → 07.11.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Local responses to international democracy promotion efforts: EU cooperation with Morocco & Tunisia before the Arab Spring
van Hüllen, V. (Oral presentation)
23.10.2015 → 24.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Workshop on Gender Responsive Policy Making - 2015
Kronfeldt, M. (Organiser)
21.10.2015 → 22.10.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Declining Trust in Institutions: Why We Should Not Worry
Welzel, C. (Speaker)
10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Conference Analyzing Panel and Spatial Data - 2015
Kruse, S. (Participant)
29.09.2015 → 30.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research